Italian Wine News EU Cash for Crops The European Commission will allocate 101.1 million euros ($147.8 million) for the Italian wine industry for the period of 2007-2008, European Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel announced. The sum granted from the Commission to Italy is for the conversion of 12,279 hectares of vineyards. For…

Hello Grape Pickers, I hope everybody had a nice weekend. I’m writing on Sunday because tomorrow I travel to Venice so won’t be able to write a blog entry. I spent this weekend in Umbria in the beautiful hill town of Todi. I took with me the Racemi Felline Primitivo of Fridays blog and a…